CVE-2025-48828

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Certain vBulletin versions might allow attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by abusing Template Conditionals in the template engine. By crafting template code in an alternative PHP function invocation syntax, such as the "var_dump"("test") syntax, attackers can bypass security checks and execute arbitrary PHP code, as exploited in the wild in May 2025.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-424

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
vBulletin	vBulletin	6.0.3

References

https://karmainsecurity.com/dont-call-that-protected-method-vbulletin-rceExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://kevintel.com/CVE-2025-48828Third Party Advisory
https://blog.kevintel.com/vbulletin-replaceadtemplate-kev/Broken Link

Timeline

Published: May 27, 2025
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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